Ella Baker

All Those Fives Need To Listen When A Ten Is Talking: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Civil Rights Icon Ella Baker

December 13, 2019

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We often hear about the men of the Civil Rights Movement, but rarely enough light is shined on the women who stood front and center in leading it. One of those women who was monumental in jump-starting the wave of activism we credit Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his…

Botham Jean’s Murder Trial – Jury Deliberation: What Are We Going To Do if History Repeats Itself?

September 30, 2019

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“What are we going to do”? The loaded question black people must ask themselves when awaiting the verdict of a trial dealing with the death of a black person at the hands of a white person/law enforcement. The gravity of such question is barely processed because as Black people in…